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SUBMITTER: Cho H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266003 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20181102 11
To increase the strength of carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers (CNTFs), the mean size of voids between bundles of CNTs was reduced by wet-pressing, and the CNTs were cross-linked. Separate and simultaneous physical (roller pressing) and chemical methods (cross-linking) were tested to confirm each method's effects on the CNTF strength. By reducing the fraction of pores, roller pressing decreased the cross-sectional area from 160 μm² to 66 μm² and increased the average load-at-break from 2.83 ± 0.25 cN ...[more]